JW Marriott Bangkok Review

3 03 2012

The JW Marriott Bangkok has drawn me back again for my second stay in the last month. Based on its high quality of service and luxurious decor, it’s no surprise that it is listed in this year’s “The Worlds Best Hotels” in Travel + Leisure . While my wife and I also enjoyed the Renaissance here in Bangkok, and while the Renaissance is similar in price, I headed straight for the JW Marriott Bangkok for my last stay of this quarter’s promotion.

Perhaps the features that set the JW apart from the Renaissance may seem small, like the balcony in the lounge for instance. However there are also a few “not-so-small” things like the “health club”. Both hotels have fitness rooms, spas, pools and saunas but the JW’s is bigger and better. The locker room is a small labyrinth that includes a hot tub, sauna and steam room, each of which is spacious and, on this occasion, all-to-myself. One can even enjoy the locker room’s entertainment lounge complete with comfortable seating and a television. The hotel is wonderful.

For our second stay I asked for a room upgrade and got just that. “Let me check… you’ll have a corner room -it’s a long room. Is that okay?” To call this room “a long room” was no exaggeration. The closet itself was big enough for a bed. Though my upgrade did not result in a suite, with hardwood floors and dark mahogany doorways, I couldn’t ask for a nicer standard upgrade.

As a Marriott standard procedure, Platinum members are escorted to the executive lounge to complete check-in. The fine print says that all our Platinum extras are meant to include two people and that a third guest may be allowed into the lounge at an extra cost. However, this was not the case with us. Seeing that we had a guest joining my wife and I, the staff welcomed all three of us into the lounge and welcomed each of us to their amenities. Perhaps a hotel can be judged on how well they treat their guest’s guest.